Oxalis variifolia Steud. (1841:242)
Swartland sorrel
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Oxalis heterophylla Eckl. & Zeyh. in Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 94 (1835), nom. illeg.; Oxalis stenodactyla Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 437 (1858); Oxalis pentaphylla E.Mey. ex Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 345 (1860), not validly publ.; Oxalis pentaphylloides Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 346 (1860); Acetosella pentaphylloides (Sond.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 91 (1891)
Conservation Status
Rediscovered on 16 July 2020 (iNaturalist observation)
Distribution
Northern Swartland, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Germishuizen, G. and Meyer, N. L. (eds.). (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Le Roux, Johannes J., Hui, C., Castillo, M. L., Iriondo, J. M., Keet, J.-H., Khapugin, A. A., Médail, F., Rejmánek, M., Theron, G. Yannelli, F. A. and Hirsch, H. (2019). Recent Anthropogenic Plant Extinctions Differ in Biodiversity Hotspots and Coldspots. Current Biology 29(17): 2912-2918.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.063
Raimondo, D., Oberlander, K. C., Dreyer, L. L. and Helme, N. A. (2012). Oxalis variifolia Steud. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/06/07.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J. E., Helme, N. A., Turner, R. C., Kamundi, D. A. and Manyama, P. A. (2009). Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Salter, T. M. (1944). The genus Oxalis in South Africa: a taxonomic revision. Journal of South African Botany Supplement 1: 1-355.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53265601